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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC

225 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR

  CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND



* UNTIL 515 AM EDT.



* AT 222 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER 

WAGNERS MILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 

2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER... 

AN AREA OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL ACROSS FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND WILL 

CROSS THE SAME AREA. ANOTHER 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 515 

AM.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAVY RAIN

  INCLUDE MANCHESTER...TANEYTOWN AND WESTMINSTER.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.

VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3962 7726 3948 7699 3977 7672 3982 7710



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